He is the ONLY Candidate on either side that brought up the Waste, Fraud and Abuse that all these Government Programs contain, from SS and Medicare to the VA.
I have no idea if eliminating all that wasteful spending will save anywhere near what is necessary to keep these Programs viable for the long term if it could even be done.
IMHO, Eligibility for Medicare and SS will have to begin later in Life. I believe that Life Expectancy has increased about 15 Years since these Programs were instituted.
Over the next 36 Years, add one Month per Year to the Eligibility Age, so the current Early SS Benefit rises to 65 and the “Full Benefit” rises to Age 70. Medicare would kick in at age 68. That should save some big Money.
I always thought it was curious that the Reagan era SS Reform raised the Full Benefit Age to 67 but the early Benefit Eligibility Age stayed at 62.
Gee, I wonder why, Third Rail?
I agree, but the economy has to grow to make that work. Otherwise, a lot of younger people are going to be frozen out of the job market and young people are the ones paying for SS and Medicare.
During this recession which began in 2008 (and truly is still going on) people near retirement age have put off retirement mainly because their portfolios took such a hit in the crash and they can't earn any interest on savings. That has limited the upward mobility of young people and also frozen college graduates out of the professional job market.
Nothing wrong with people working as long as they feel like it, 'til the day they die if they want. But there have to be good jobs for young adults or we have other economical and societal problems.